ugh....

Yesterday, Steven and I decided to go hiking. We drove up to Caesars head and picked three trails and set out for a fun day of leisurely hiking. We started out on the "purple" trail which was fun and easy. Next was the "blue" trail which was easy and connected to the orange trail. The orange trail was a little harder in that you had to cross over streams and dodge some things. Other than that it was really fun. Then we came to a fork in the trail where we had to chose to turn around and do the orange trail again OR do the "pink" trail. We chose the "pink" trail because the first hundred yards were level and we thought it looked easy. Looks can be deceiving. We ended up going STRAIGHT UP the mountain. No exaggeration. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done. To make matters worse, the sun is going down and we have to be out of the park by 7:30. I'm freaking out and praying to Jesus for him to shorten the trail because I cant breathe and my heart is beating out of my chest.
We finally make it out of the "pink" trail and come to the "orange" trail. However, when we look on the sign to see which way we should go, there is no map....SERIOUSLY. You've got to be kidding me. By this time it is about 7:15. So we are at this fork in the trail and we just chose. We get about 200 yards down this trail and we run into these two ladies (praise God...people). We tell them that we are lost and they say "oh the exit is that just that a way" Well Duh.

Moral of the story: Dont climb the pink trail!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pictures to come